You are the God who sees me

"You are the God who sees me," for she said, " I have now seen the One who sees me." That is what Hagar said to the angel of the Lord who found her near a spring in the desert beside the road to Shur in Genesis Chapter 16. 

If you are a single mother I want to encourage you and remind you that God is not slack concerning His promise! That He Sees YOU! 

There have been times on this journey of being a single mother that I have wanted to RUN. A time where I did. Admittedly I like Hagar at one time or another bought mistreatment upon myself by my actions towards others.  I ran away and left the church only to go back. See, I was already a single mother. My son at that time was only two and I had only been living on my own separate from his father for six months. I was in the church, went to every service, sang in the choir,  attended women's meetings, helped out in ministry and now pregnant with my second child. Two children, two baby's fathers, and my unborn child's father disappeared one day & never came back. His parents were my Pastors at the time. 

I remember being at the altar and crying out to God, "I can't do this by myself!" He gave me His Word and His promise to me was Philippians 4:19, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." So I told the Lord Yes I will have this baby. 

He knows exactly what each of us go through. He sees you trying to make sense of it all. Trying to make ends meet. He sees your hurt, your pain, your disappointment and your worry but Fear Not! Provision has already been made!

I have seen the One who sees me. I see Him every day I go to work. Every time a bill gets paid. Every time my children have food to eat and clothes on their back. God has always provided for them both. They have never lacked. I have been beyond blessed to continue to maintain my job through this entire journey. Blessed that I pay my own rent, daycare, medical, shelter costs, car payment and insurance. He has kept His promise and has remained FAITHFUL! 

It doesn't matter if that man is in your child's life or not. If he pays his child support or not. God is a Father to the fatherless. So Seek the Kingdom of God above all else , and live righteously , and he will give you everything you need (Matt 6:33). When he sees your child He doesn't see a mistake. He sees the great nation that child is about to be just as He did Ishmael. It doesn't matter how that child was bought in to this world EVERY child is a GIFT from God!

God's Got Me Covered

It's so so amazing how you can read the same story in the Bible fifty times and always get something new out of it each time. I was reading the story of Adam and Eve the other day and this particular scripture amazed me and knocked me off of my feet and it reads, "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." WOW!
He dealt with the who, what, when, where, how and why and then He COVERED them! He even put a mark on Cain after he killed Abel so that if he were found no would kill him. They did what we so often do and, "lived in the moment." Then they tried to cover it up by sewing together fig leaves and Cain pretending that he didn't know where his brother Abel was. Now as a consequence of that they were sent away. Even after everything they did He didn't allow them to walk in shame. Humiliation. Embarrassment. Condemnation. He COVERED them. 
There are times in life when you may feel like you've done the unforgivable and you're too ashamed to come before God but there is nothing that you have done that He won't pardon. You may have to live with the consequences but you WILL be forgiven and He will COVER you all the days of your life!